Vehicle-top.



W. J. HOSKYNS.

VEHICLE TO'P.

APPLICATION FILED AUG-26.19M-

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W. J. HOSKYNS.

VEHICLE TOP'.

APPLICATION FlLED AUG.26. 1916.

Patented J une 19, 191?.

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WILLIAM J. HOSKYNS, or DETROIT, MICHIGAN, ASSIGNOR T0 FRANK E. SMITH, orINDIANAPOLIS, INDIANA.

VEHICLE-TOP.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented June 19,

Application filed August 2c, 916. Serial No. 116,951.

1? all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, W'ILLIA J. llosn yrs, a citizen of the UnitedStates, residing at Detroit, in the county of lVayne and State ofMichigan, have invented a new and useful Vehicle-Top. of which thefollowing is a specification.

It is the object of my present invention to provide a convenientarrangement for disposing of the rigid windows of all-season vehicletops, when it is desired to have the window spaces open.

[n carrying out my invention, I make the windows, which are of glass insuitable frames, separable from the portions to which are attached whenin place, and provide in the root of the automobile top certaindownwardly opening pockets for receiving these windows which are thusremoved, the pockets being provided with suitable means for holding thewindows firmly Within them.

The accompanying drawings illustrate my invention. Figure 1 is a sideelevatlon of a touring car body provided with an all-season topembodying my invention, with the windows in place; Fig. 2 is an underview of the roof, showing the swinging windoxw containing pockets, withthe windows stored therein, the fioor of one of. the pockets beingremoved so as to show more clearly the windows above it; Fig. 3 is atransverse vertical section through the roof at the pockets, showing onepocket swung up into place with the windows stored therein, and theother lowered with the windows removed from it; Fig. 4 is cal sectionthrough the roof at the pockets, and through part of the side, showingthe fastening devices for the windows both in the pockets and in theWindow-receiving spaces; Fig. 5 is a partial elevation taken from withinthe car, showing the Fastening ot' the windows in the window-receivingspaces over the fixed side portions of the main-body and over the doors;and Fig. 6 is a. section similar to part of Fig. 4, showing thewindow-fastening means over a door.-

The vehicle body 10 is shown as of the touring car type, with a frontside door 11 and a. rear side door 12. This vehicle body is providedwith an all-season top, comprising a. reel 13 which rests on the windshield Frame 14 in front and a rear upright supespecially automobiletops,

an enlarged partial vertiport 15 in the rear,

l7, l8, and 19 attached to the fixed portions and to the swinging doorsof the side ot'the swinging,

the glass pane 25 and grooved on the outer 24- ot' the proper sl1:'1pe,lwl,1 ieh frame is grooved on the inner edge'tohold and side sillportions 16,

edge to receive and clamp a rubber strip 26? which projeets'beyonditheframe "245 normally in the plane of thewindow. The projecting portionsof the rubber: strips '26are comparatively thin andprojectfsufi'iciently far so that with the rubberjst'rips the Window isslightly. larger than the space Whidh .is to receive it, and the rubberat the top and bottom of the windows and at the front of the windows23and the rear of the windows 20- will be bent when the window is put'iIiplace soas to make a tight joint, as clear from Fig. 4. The rubberstrips at the other vertical edges of the windows overlap-with thestripsof thejadja cent edges of the adjacent windows, thereby joints whilewindow,

These windows are all bodily removable, so that they canbe takencompletely away from their-respective window spaces. To

also forming tight- 1 permitting the removal of any thisend, each sidesill portion 16, 17,18,

and ,19 is provided at each upper inner corner with an angle plate 27,which at its corner is provided with a pair of spaced lugs 28 providedwith obliquely downwardly opening grooves 29 which extend from the} ll nW mimv. By reversing his operation mum" (Him ml? the will nn'tmn 1m.firmly in this 130 hr (l the wimln'ws in E i are in place. (iinm'qn l ml-lw lixo'fl wiminws iii" 11ml UL lln; sill pm-linns if for the smn-ging(loan,- htnlww (ha sill 'nntinnfi 1T projecting bifurcated plates hnl iv 10 pin:

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in mlm' in place the WliHlUWS in, n, mlnnw tllmn lfl'mn n pnclwl ill.the lntvhcs 56 holding such n';(:l '('li upward in closed posilinn an!pulled (ml. and the pockets swung (lmvmvunl. an imlimtwl in Fig. 3.'lhvn film hinged strip 5! is swung upwm'rl, and hill! windows removedor put in plzn-v by first living slightly tiltwl. l ly this :u'mngunmnt,liln- WlINlOWS \vlwn rmnm'ml are stored vnn'zphzhxly nul ml sight, hutyet so thuy :u'o, wwlily zavcuasihln; and tha ull-zuzhing means \nm-hnlyw'ovidvfl um sm-h that; the win- Finn's ma; he m-mlily gml; in planuml 1'9- :nn'vml llnzn llwir pusilzimls in lluwindownll lln: sides; mlthe vehicle the detachable rigid windows, shown in this application, areclaimed in my co-pending application Ser. No. 116,950, of even filingdate herewith.

I claim my invention:

1. In combination, a vehicle body provided with a roof supported fromthe body by upright portions to leave window spaces, and rigid windowsfor said window spaces, said windows being detachably mountable in saidwindow spaces, and said roof being provided with downwardly movablepockets for carrying said windows when they are removed from the windowspaces.

2. In combination, a vehicle body provided with a roof supported fromthe body 7 by upright portions to leave window spaces,

rigid windows for said window spaces, said windows being detachablymountable in said window spaces, and a windowcarrying pocket hingedlymounted in said roof for carrying said windows when they are removedfrom said window spaces.

3. In combination, a vehicle body pro vided with a roof supported fromthe body by upright portions to leave window spaces, rigid windows forsaid window spaces, said windows being detachably mountable in saidwindow spaces, and a pair of downwardly swinging window-carrying pocketshingedly mounted on the under face of the roof on a single hinge axisfor carrying said windows when they are removed from said window spaces,the axis of said hinge mounting extending longitudinally of the roof onsubstantially the medial line thereof.

4. In combination, a vehicle body provided with a roof supported fromthe body by upright portions to leave window spaces,

rigid windows for said window spaces, said windows being detachablymountable in said window spaces, and a pair of downwardly swingingwindow-carrying pockets hingedly mounted on the under face of the roofon a single hinge axis for carrying said windows when they are removedfrom said window spaces.

5. In combination, a vehicle body provided with a roof supported fromthe body by upright portions to leave window spaces, rigid windows forsaid window spaces, said windows being detachably mountable in saidwindow spaces, and a downwardly swinging window-carrying pocket hingedlymounted.

on the under face of the roof for carrying said windows when they areremoved from said window spaces, the axis of saidhinge' mountingextending longitudinally of the roof.

6'. In combination, a vided with aroof supported from the body byupright portions to leave window spaces,

rigid windows for said window spaces, said vehicle body pro:

mounted on the under face of the roof for carrying said windows whenthey are removed from said window spaces, the axis of said hingemounting extending longitudinally of the roof.

7. In combination, a vehicle body provided with a roof supported fromthe body by upright portions to leave window spaces, rigid windows forsaid window spaces, said windows being detachably mounted in said windowspaces, and a pair of oppositely downwardly swinging window -carryingpockets hingedly mounted on the under face of the roof for carrying saidwindows .when they are removed from said window spaces.

8.' In combination, a vehicle body provided with a roof supported fromthe body by upright portions to leave window spaces, rigid windows forsaid window spaces, said windows being detachably mountable in saidwindow spaces, and a windowcarrying pocket hingedly mounted in said rooffor carrying said windows when they are removed from said window spaces,and means in said pockets for holding said windows firmly in placetherein.

9. In combination, a vehicle body provided with a roof supported fromthe body by upright portions to leave window spaces, rigid windows forsaid window s aces, sald windows being detachably mounta 1c in saidwindow spaces, a pair of downwardly swinging window carrying pocketshingedly mounted on the under face of the roof on a single hinge axisfor carrying said windows when they are removed from said window spaces,and means in each of said pockets for holding a window firmly in placetherein.

10. In combination, a- "vehicle body provided with a roof supportedfromthe body by upright portions to leave window spaces, rigid windowsfor said window spaces, and a window-carrying pocket movably supportedon the under face of the roof, said windows being movable either intothe window spaces or into the pockets.

11. In combination, a vehicle body pro vided with a roof supported fromthe body by upright portions to leave window spaces, ri id windows forsaid window spaces, a window-carrying pocket-movably supported on theunder face of the roof, said windows being movable either into thewindow spaces or into the pockets, and means for locking said windows ineither'of such positions.

.In witness whereof, I have hereunto set my hand at Detroit, Michigan,this twenty-f third day of August, A. D. nine hundred and sixteen.

WILLIAM J. osKYris,

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